all of those are being driven by technology. and it's not stopping. it's accelerating. i just wrote a book called "abundan "abundance," i look at how it's creating jobs, bringing the cost of living down and giving us abundance in a range of areas worldwide. >> we talk -- i mean, when -- the word innovation tends to be followed by something like apple or something regarding a smartphone, but there's a lot going on in energy, there's a lot going on in space, there's a lot going on in transportation. where do you think our spot is sweetest right now in this country? >> well, i mean, the united states still remains the top innovation nation. it's the mindset that you're allowed to fail and start again and try again. silicon valley i run an organization where we're incubating about a dozen new companies every year in synthetic biology, in artificial intelligence, robotics. these are the technologies that are going to be as powerful this decade as the web and mobile were in the last couple of decades. it's really allowing small teams to do what only governments and large corp